Table 4.1
(continued)
Type
Natural enemy
Feeding strategy
Main pests
controlled
Biological control method
Notes
Preventive Curative
Inoculative Inundative
Parasitoids Aphidius
colemani
Parasitism
Aphids
4
(5) 4
4
(5) Banker plants
A. ervi
Aphids
4
(5) 4
4
A. matricariae
Aphids
4
(5) 4
4
Dacnusa sibirica
Leaf miners
–
–
4
–
Diglyphus issaea
Leaf miners
–
4
4
–
Encarsia
formosa
Whiteflies
–
4
4
–
Eretmocerus
mundus
Whiteflies
–
4
4
–
E. eremicus
Whiteflies
–
4
4
–
T. achaeae
Lepidoptera
–
4
4
–
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